Reminder: We are meeting at 11:30 on Thursday, September 29: WV Rail Trail: Meet at the Trestle Bridge Parking Lot on Binnewater Road. This walk will culminate in a picnic lunch from 1-2pm on the library lawn to celebrate our successful new program.
Category «Events»
Online Auction
Click HERE to preview our annual Online Auction now!
Bidding will start on Sunday, October 2nd.
Win gift certificates for local restaurants, gift shops, lodging, classes, wellness services and much more!
There’s something for everyone and every budget, and your bids support the Library!
On your Way Home Yoga with the Library
Thursdays, October 6, 13, 20, 27 at 6pm
Rondout Municipal Center Gym
Register separately for each class
We are thrilled to collaborate with the Town of Marbletown in offering four, hour long yoga classes each Thursday in the month of October.
Ulster County Food Fight!
Through Saturday, October 15
The Ulster County Food Fight is an annual food collection contest held in cooperation with fourteen libraries throughout Ulster County from Thursday, September 1 to Saturday, October 15. The “Food Fight” is part of the Great Give Back on October 15, happening throughout New York State.
Let’s Haunt the Library
Saturday, October 29
Art Reception 2-3 at the Library
Trick or Treat 3:30-5 at Marbletown Park
This year the Stone Ridge Library and the Town of Marbletown are working together to create a special day of Halloween fun for our community.
Let’s Haunt the Library Exhibit
Monday, October 17 – 31
With Halloween approaching we are thrilled to announce our spooky, “Let’s Haunt the Library” exhibit. We will have works from artists Lily Bednarz, Kristin Flynn, Lynne Friedman, Martha Klein, Chris Seubert and Lora Shelley hung throughout the main library.
Let’s Move with the Library!
Thursdays, 12 – 12:45
various local rail trails
The Stone Ridge Library Saunter-ers will continue our weekly sojourns in June and July. Walk with us! We are not in a hurry and spend about an hour walking and talking on local rail trails, Thursdays from 12-12:45(ish), weather permitting.
Mindful Mondays
Monday, October 3, 17, 24
2pm, In Person
Mindfulness is a skill that is practiced through meditation. It offers numerous benefits to our physical and emotional health, helping to reduce stress, improve concentration, cultivate kindness and experience greater emotional resilience.
Join us on Mondays at 2pm as we develop awareness, cultivate more presence, and strengthen our ability to bring mindfulness into our day-to-day lives.
Cooks and Books
Friday, October 21, 12:15pm, Activity Room
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This month the Cooks & Books book group continues our theme of cozy and local, utilizing the Hudson Valley bounty in making “Anything with a Crust.” Think vegetable tart, cottage pie, apple galette. YUM!
Programs for Children
Wayfinder Capture the Flag Game
For ages 9 and up
Thursday, September 29 3:30-5:30
NOTE TIME CHANGE
Capture the Flag with the Wayfinder Experience group and their foam swords will have participants engaged in an active game that pushes the boundaries between competitive and cooperative interaction, learning to act out high-intensity physical play safely and responsibly.
TEA TIME Book Group
Wednesday, October 12
11am in the Activity Room
11am in the Activity Room
The book for October is The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr.
Mystery Book Group
CLIO’S MUSE – A History Reading Club
Wednesday, October 15
Zoom meeting at 7pm
Our next book is 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein. The idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa.
French Conversation with Claudine Brenner
Tuesday, October 18
1-2pm in the Activity Room
Want to brush up or improve your French with a conversation hour? Claudine is a native French speaker, born in Paris and raised in Europe; following a 30 year Government career abroad, she chose Stone Ridge to retire in.
Spanish Conversation with Francisco and Varcia
Tuesday, October 25
1-2 pm in the Activity Room
¿Hablas español? If you would like to brush up on your Spanish conversation skills and meet other language lovers in a friendly and stress free environment, come join our class on Zoom, every 4th Tuesday of the month from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
POETRY with Rosemary Deen
Thursday, October 6, 20
1:30 – 3pm on Zoom
Join us for an afternoon of poetry with Rosemary Deen. We meet the first and third Thursday of the month via Zoom.
Please contact Rosemary at rmdeen@gmail.com if you’d like to join the group.
KNITTING GROUP
Every Saturday
10am-noon in the Activity Room
The Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet every Saturday morning from 10am – 12noon. All ages and experience levels can join us and drop-in knitters are also welcome. We each bring our own supplies and do our own work, but one of the best things about us is that whatever obstacle or confusion you might encounter, you’re likely to receive as much comment and advice as you need to get where you’re going with a project.
Writers’ Group with Cathy Arra
Group 1:
October 17, 31
4:00-6:30pm in the Activity Room
Group 2:
October 3, 24
4:00-6:30pm in the Activity Room
Two separate writers’ groups meet on alternate Mondays at the library in the Activity room, with a maximum of 10 participants in each group.
MAHJONG
Every Tuesday and Friday
at 10am in the Activity Room
If you are a Mahjong beginner, join us for our Tuesday group. No registration is required. We do encourage players to wear mask while entering and exiting the library, but once you are in the Activity Room, it is up to the group’s discretion.